Pro-Russian agree to participate in peace negotiations

The pro-Russian separatists have agreed this Thursday to participate in the peace talks taking place tomorrow to attempt to find a solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, asked this Thursday to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to show his collaboration to the peace plan.

“I invite Russia to accept the peace plan with actions and not just words,” he stated in a speech in Strasbourg at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Meanwhile, Andrei Purgin, the leaders of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk, said: “There is an agreement to hold a consultation on June 27 in Donetsk.”